Vicky, Sertraline IS Zoloft, are you taking two scripts? Sertraline is an antidepressant (SSRI type), not a hypercholesteremic. Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine just like valium, the two together would just give a potentiated effect, not CAUSE anything (valium usually 5-10 mg tabs for anxiety and klonazepam 1-2mg for "the shakes) the LD50 for klonazepam is around 2g, so it's a relatively safe drug, and it takes a lot of valium to do any harm also. Prednisone is an antiinflammatory of the steroidal class and is effective for acute pain, but not used for chronic pain. Narcotics like vicodin and percodan are weak pain killers and contain a lot of NSAIDS.
What you need is 20-40mg tabs of A slow release Narcotic like oxycontin for moderate to severe pain.
Please go to a good neuro and find out what the heck is going on. The pain is partly or wholly neurogenic and very real, a lot of us parkies suffer from chronic pain. If lest untreated , it WILL drive you bonkers

of presriptionpaddia overdoneia...
If you are taking all those you are badly in need of someone to take charge of all that. The suggestion to go to the Mayo folks and get somebody to coordinate all of it is a good one. Just the oxycontin is a big red flag. Addictive as hell. Big time. And the SSRIs can be very bad news when you try to stop them too. Some folks need many months to back off them.

reverett
you have one heck of a poiint. I am convinced my drug mix is 50% of my problem - MAO-inhibotors, SSRI's, agonists, etc. but I am hooked! It would take a lengthy hospital stay to get off some of this (been taking some for 10 years!)

Has anybody ever read Kevin Trudeau's(sp?) book, Natural Cures? If so, what do you think? It slams the drug industry and FDA. It's been on the New York Times best seller list (which doesn't validate it - just shows the interest)
Peg

Hi VIcky, just sent a long private message to you concerning statins and myalgias, neuromuscular diseases....madelyn

Hi Vicky-
You are in my prayers....hope you are feeling better soon.
God bless-Steph

Just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking about you. I apologize for not posting any support before.

Vicky -

Hi. Have you tried the prednisone? If so, did it help. I too awaken every morning in great pain. It used to almost totally subside within an hour or so, but now it lasts most of the day. I am anxious to learn how you are doing.

Ann

Hi Folks,

I found out that the blood speciman showed quite the opposite results of what it would have been if the first doctor was right; Polyfibramy*****.!!
Quite the opposite. Also I AM NOT DIABETIC. Prediabetic. More physical therapy.

Thanks for all the suggestions. My neurologist agreed to allow me try prednasone, but I said no.

We have been having severe thunderstorms and I missesed the eclipse Paula spoke of. The sirens just went off again, so better unplug my laptop.

Thanks to all you wonderful folks,
Vicky